Cantwell Statement On Trump Administration’s Decision To Withdraw From The Paris Climate Agreement
Washington, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) made the following statement on President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement: “This is a sad day for America. Donald Trump just quit the race to become the world’s clean energy superpower and greatly diminished […]
Delegation Commends Secretary Zinke’s Alaska Order
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, and U.S. Rep. Don Young, all R-Alaska, today expressed their strong support for a new Secretarial Order signed by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke at the Alaska Oil and Gas Association’s annual conference. The order will help evaluate the vast resources within the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A) and […]
Murkowski Welcomes Interior’s New Senior Advisor for Alaska Affairs
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today welcomed U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke’s announcement that Steve Wackowski will be his Senior Advisor for Alaskan Affairs. Zinke, who is visiting Alaska this week, made the announcement earlier today. “I’ve known and worked with Steve for years, and I’m incredibly pleased that he will be the […]
Sen. Murkowski Leads Arctic Energy/Security CODEL
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, arrived in Fairbanks, Alaska this weekend along with U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke and Sens. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., John Cornyn, R-Texas, Steve Daines, R-Mont., and Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D. The delegation traveled to Norway, Greenland, and the North Slope of Alaska, with an itinerary full of meetings and site […]
Congressional Delegation Ready to Welcome Secretary Zinke To Alaska
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, and U.S. Rep. Don Young, all R-Alaska, today announced that Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke will travel to Alaska during the Memorial Day state work period. The trip will be Zinke’s first to the state since his bipartisan confirmation by the Senate in early March. “We’re […]
Murkowski Announces Support for Three Energy Nominees
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today chaired a hearing for President Trump’s nominees for key positions at two federal agencies: Dan Brouillette to be Deputy Secretary of the Department of Energy (DOE), and Neil Chatterjee and Robert Powelson to be members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). “I am pleased to have these nominees […]
Cantwell, Colleagues Call On GAO To Review Unfinished Work At Hanford Nuclear Reservation
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee Greg Walden (R-Ore.), Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-N.J.), Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.), and House […]
TODAY: Cantwell, Colleagues Urge Trump Administration To Stay In Paris Climate Agreement
Watch Sen. Cantwell’s remarks here. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) along with Senate Democratic Leader Charles E. Schumer (D- Mass.), and Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D- R.I.), Brian Schatz (D- Hawaii), and Ed Markey (D- Mass.) defended the […]
Cantwell: The DOE Budget Should Reflect Our Values Not Slash Investments
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) criticized the Trump Administration’s misguided 2018 Department of Energy Budget proposal. The Fiscal Year 2018 Budget proposal for the Department of Energy (DOE) proposes to slash funding and, in some cases, eliminate several important DOE programs. The Department is a […]
Ranking Member Cantwell Statement on Trump Administration DOI Budget Proposal
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) released the following statement regarding the Trump Administration’s 2018 Department of the Interior Budget proposal: “Once again, the Trump Administration has turned its back on Teddy Roosevelt-style conservatism and is instead trying to allow special interests to pillage […]